NOW IN OUR 15TH YEAR OF FILMS + DISCUSSION, ...ALL OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON AND BEYOND!

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We are a 501c3 Washington State Nonprofit (EIN 80-0782680) and are solely dependent on your donations. All of our labor is voluntary, but donations are needed to continue bringing you free, high-quality, current and relevant documentary films; and to cover website and film library maintenance, equipment purchases, outreach, and more. Thank you for any help you can provide!

OUR UPCOMING FILM LINEUP:

How can we reach each other across the political divide? Filmmaker Julie Winokur tackles this question by traveling across the country, sitting down with people and examining her own biases and misconceptions. If you're tired of hyper-partisanship, come see the film and learn an effective way of reaching across the divide in order to start conversations again. Our guest speaker …

Like many people, Vermont film producer and director Bess O’Brien was aware of foster care but didn’t know much about it. That is, until a former foster child named Kellie Coakley, 26, saw one of O’Brien’s films and telephoned her a few days later with a proposition. “Kellie said, ‘You don’t know who I am and I don’t know what …

The film explores the world's first major opinion poll, conducted by the Gallup organization. Gallup asked ove 50,0000 Muslims in 35 countries from Indonesia to South Asia, to the Middle East, as well as minority communities in the US and Europe, what they thought about issues such as gender equality, terrorism, and democracy. Islamic scholars and the Gallup members themselves give …

Rachel Carson is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Michelle Ferrari. It is based on the life and work of Rachel Carson, a marine biologist and conservationist. Her 1962 book Silent Spring would serve to advance the environmental movement. The film aired on the PBS network series American Experience on January 24, 2017. Featuring the voice of Mary-Louise Parker …

From the Ashes captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry, and what its future should be under the Trump Administration. In stories spanning from Appalachia to the West’s Powder River Basin, the film goes beyond the rhetoric of the “war on coal” to present compelling and often heartbreaking stories of …

When Donald Trump says, "This election is rigged"—he should know. His buddies are rigging it. Rolling Stone investigative reporter Greg Palast busted Jeb Bush for stealing the 2000 election by purging Black voters from Florida’s electoral rolls. Now Palast is back to take a deep dive into the Republicans’ dark operation, Crosscheck, designed to steal a million votes by November. …

Please join Meaningful Movies Port Townsend for a free screening of "American Winter." This is the first screening on our new standing schedule, the second Monday of each month. "American Winter" gets at the very heart of the precariousness of the US economy for so many in the ever-shrinking middle class, showing through the struggles of eight families how close …

Imagine growing up in the country you call home without legal status. Or not seeing your family for years because they were deported. Renata, Evelyn, and Antonio were young children when their parents brought them to the U.S. in search of a better life; they were teenagers when their families were deported. Today, they are known as Dreamers. "Indivisible" takes …

It is now nearly nine years since the beginning of the last recession and millions of families nation wide are still struggling to maintain themselves. Formerly middle class families are finding themselves only a pay check or two away from financial disaster and the social safety net has been cut dramatically since the beginning of the economic troubles and now …

Take a feather and tickle a giant in the foot. It’s a risk. Will the giant laugh or stomp on you? Tickling Giants tells the story of Dr. Bassem Youssef, the "Egyptian Jon Stewart", who decides to leave his job as a heart surgeon and become a late-night comedian. The movie is about how he finds creative, non-violent ways to …

We the People 2.0 is a documentary about local communities acting to regain control of the processes by which important health and environmental decisions affecting their communities are made. For example, a community in Ohio organized to resist the implementation of fracking in their community only to find that the energy company, by virtue of corporate personhood and the commerce clause, can …

This documentary was written, directed, and produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom and explores what Newsom perceives to be harmful notions about masculinity in American culture. The film follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity. Pressured by the media, their peer group, and even the adults in their …

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Please Help Support the MEANINGFUL MOVIES PROJECT With Your Tax-Deductible Donations!

We are a 501c3 Washington State Nonprofit (EIN 80-0782680) and are solely dependent on your donations. All of our labor is voluntary, but donations are needed to continue bringing you free, high-quality, current and relevant documentary films; and to cover website and film library maintenance, equipment purchases, outreach, and more. Thank you for any help you can provide!

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About the MMP

The Meaningful Movies Project is a non-profit organization that helps neighborhoods and groups organize, educate and advocate using the power of social justice documentary film and conversation to build positive and meaningful community. Learn more >